Today is the feast of St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). St Ignatius in his young days led a rather loose life and even committed serious crime. Through God's grace, he found God or, rather, God found him and turned his life round completely. He then was instrumental in turning other people around and bringing them to God. He gathered companions around him to share in that mission. Today's Kingdom parable reminds us that the final judgement of our lives only comes at the very end. In the meantime the opportunity to turn our lives around is always there. And, where we find people who are leading lives without God and without Christ and the spirit of Christ, rather than condemning them, let us pray for them that they may one day come to experience the gift of God's love to which we, in His deep mystery, have been exposed.